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G. A, CARLSON.

CURTAIN HANGING DEVICE.

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VlalwutedSept. 9, 1919.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT oEEicE.

GUSTAF A. CARLSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB T0 THE BOYE NEEDLE COIPHY, OF CHICAGO, IILIN'OIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-HANGING DEVICE.

specificati@ of Letters raient.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

To all Awhom it may concern:

lie it known that GUsTar A.. Cannsox, a citizen of Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, has invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-Hanging Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to curtain-hanging devices adapted for use in hanging lace curtains or draperies; and the primary object is to provide :ln-improved device which is especially well adapted to the purpose of hanging two pairs of curtains, or the regular curtain and an overdrape.

The invention is illustrated in its pre- Atei-red embodiment in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a broken plan View,

illustrating the manner in which the curtainhanging device is mounted on a windowt'rame or sash; Fig. 2, a broken elevational view of the same; Fig. 3, a fra mentary view of the curtain rod and the grlpper element employed in connection therewith; Fig. 4, a sectional view of the parts `illustrated in F ig. 3; Fig. 5, a perspective view of one of the improved brackets employed; and Fig. 6, a broken perspective View, illustrating a slight modification of the improved bracket.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a Window-frame or sash;- B, B, a pair of brackets applied thereto; and C, C, a pair of curtain-rods carried by said brackets. Each of the brackets B comprises a base portion l provided with perforations if., adapted to receive screws 2*; a relatively long arm 3 which extends outwardly from the outer edge of the base portion and which is curved and provided at its outer end with a loop 3, formed 'by recurving the end portion of the arm back and under the body portion, the extremity being indicated at 3"; and a relativelyshort arm i which extends outwardly from the other side of the base portion 1 and underlies the loop portion 3fL of the longer arm, from which it is separated by a space 5. l

The front wall of the loop 3 is provided with an enlarged opening 6, which communicates with a reduced opening or perforation 6*L in the end or web of the loop, thus forming what is, in effect, a T-slot for the reception of the gripper-menxber or head of the curtain-rod.A

The curtain-rods may he oi' any approved construction. ln the illustration, the curtain-rods are shown as flexible members comprising close-coiled piano steel. wire, equipped at the end portions with gripper-s 7. Each gripper 7 comprises a ring formed of sheet-metal and provided With grippingjaws 7 adapted to engage the convoiutions of the coil. The member 7 adm-ds a head for the curtain-rod, and the gripping-jaws present beveled or diverging surfaces which are' adapted to be engaged by the walls of. the perforations 6, it being understood that the loop portion of the member can pass through the enlarged opening 6 in the front wall of the loop but cannot be drawn Wholly through the perforations in the end olf the loop- When the curtainrod is inserted, the coil-spring beine placed under tension during this action, t 1e gripping-member will be drawn partially through the perforations 6, whose walls engage the diverging surfaces 7b and cause the gripper to securely engage the curtain-rod.

The arm st is provided near its outer end with a perforation 4 with which communicates a comparatively narrow slot 4h which opens atthe end of the arm. It will be understood, therefore, that the gripper 7, constituting the head portion of the rod C1, may be entered through the slot 4b, and the gripper will then be drawn partially through the perforation 4:, so that the curtain-rod will be securely held.

The members B are symmetrically formed and are reversible, so that it is unnecessary to make rights and lefts When the members of a pair of brackets are applied to the frame, they are so turned that the short arms 1 are nearest the opening in the sash, while the arms 3 are remote from each other, the' outer ends of the arms being curved toward each other, as will be clearly understood from Fig. 1. When the brackets are applied, the outer end portions of the arms 3, that is,-the loop portions 3, overlie and practically conceal the arms 4. Thus the brackets present a very neat appearance, as will be understood 'from Fig. 2. The bracket can be formed conveniently from sheet-metal, 4the supporting members for each pair o'f rods being thus formed integrally with each other and With a single attaching base. Thus, the device can be very cheaply. manufactured. In the forming process, the arms can be made concaveconvex in cross-scction, thus stiening them and enhancing their appearance, as in the iilustration given. Y

In the modification shown in Rig. 6, E represents a bracket of the same construction as that shown in Fig. 5 except that the short arm Je?, instead of having the porteration communicating with a slot which opens at the end of the arm, is provided with a perforation #id which communicates with a slot fie which opens et the upper lateral edgev of the arm fic. The other arts of thev 'bracket are designated by tie saine characters' as' are used in ,connection with the bracket shown in Fig. 5. In the case of the modification, the inner curtain-rod has its head entered from above and through the slot 4 into the perforation eid.

This is a feasible construction, but the use of the modification would probably make it desirable to provide rights and 1e-its, inasmuch as it would be desirable to have the slot de open upwardly' ratherl than downwardly.

The improved bracket is simple, cheap, strong and durable. When formed from sheenmetal of proper configuration, as ilhlstrated, and nickel-plated, the bracket presents 'an exceedingly neat-and attractive appearance. The brackets are adapted to support the curtain-rods C, C1 in paralisi rclation, the arm 4 being preferably about one-half the length of the arm 3, so that the curtain-rods will be spaced apart about the same distance that theV inner rod is spaced from the sash or frame.

'The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no ilnnecessary limitation should be `understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible in View of the prior art.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I l. In means of the character set forth, the

combination of a pair of brackets, each comprising a member having a perorate attaching base and arms extending outwardly from `directly op )osito edge portions of, said base, whereby t e arms will lie in the same horizontal plane when the bracket is applied, one of said arms beingl longer than-the other and said arms being pro vided at their end portions with curtain-rod engaging means, and a pair oit curtainrods mounted in parallel reiation on said arms. A curtain-rod bracket comprising a sheet-metal member formed to afford a perorate attaching base, and integral long end short arms, the short arm extending ont- Wardly from one edge portion oi the base and having its outer end provided with a integer spaced some distance from said first-named socket.

3. In means oi the character set forth, T

the combination oi' a pair ot' brackets, each comprising a pertorate attaching base, a short erin extending ontwardiy from the inner edge portion of said base and provided with a socirct, a curved long-'arm extending outwardly from the opposite edge portion 'or said base and having its end portion provided with a socket iying in snlcstantiaily the same piane perpendicniar to the frame as the socket of said short arto, and a pair of curtain-rods having end portions engaging said sockets.

i bracket adapted for use in supporting a pair of curtain-rods, said bracket coniprising an attaching base provided with perforations, a short arm extending ont- Wardly from one edge portion or' said base, and a ion 'arm extending outwardly from the opposite edge portion f said base and curved over the base and having its end portion spaced at a distance from the end portion of the short arm, the end portions of said arms being provided with T-slots afordingsockets for curtain-rods.

5. A bracket adapted for use in supporting a pair ci curtain-rods, said bracket coniprising an attaching base portion with perfor-ations, a short arm extending' outwardly from one edge portion of said base, and a directly opposite long arm extending ont- Wardly from the opposite edge portion of said base and having its end portion spaced at a distance from the end portion of the short arm, the enter end portions of said arms presenting Walls having perfor-ations therein through which the head portions of curtain-rods may extend, said VWalls having slots opening into said periorations, wherefby the heads of tensionrods may be entered Vand held in the sockets aorded by said perforations, said arms lying in the same horizontal piane when the bracket GUSTAF A. CLRLSN. 

